Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits

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Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits
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Compilation album by
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Released1995
Label Manifesto Records
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Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits is the title of a tribute album to Tom Waits, released in 1995 by Manifesto Records. The songs are performed by various artists.

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Waits.

  1. "Old Shoes" – [06:29] Drugstore
  2. "Mockin' Bird" – [04:29] Tindersticks
  3. "Better off Without a Wife" – [03:37] Pete Shelley
  4. "Red Shoes by the Drugstore" – [02:33] Wedding Present
  5. "Step Right Up" – [06:33] Violent Femmes
  6. "Downtown" – [04:56] Alex Chilton
  7. "Big Joe and Phantom 309" (Tommy Faile) – [04:16] Archers of Loaf
  8. "You Can't Unring a Bell" – [05:54] These Immortal Souls
  9. "Pasties and a G-String" – [04:40] Jeffrey Lee Pierce
  10. "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" – [04:29] Magnapop
  11. "Ol' '55" – [03:39] Dave Alvin
  12. "Jersey Girl" – [07:29] Pale Saints
  13. "Martha" – [03:19] Tim Buckley
  14. "Ruby's Arms" – [04:27] Frente!
  15. "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" – [03:37] 10,000 Maniacs

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